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Recent Examples of knee
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
This therapy has been effective for relieving pain in the hands, knees, hips, ankles, shoulders, and spine.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Ware will be available to make his return after missing the last three games because of a left knee sprain.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Ernest Jones, Seahawks Jones, 25, underwent minor knee surgery after the season.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The veteran guard, who missed Saturday’s win in Brooklyn with a knee injury, started 1-for-8 from the field (1-for-4 from three) and committed two turnovers late in the quarter.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
This therapy has been effective for relieving pain in the hands, knees, hips, ankles, shoulders, and spine.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Ware will be available to make his return after missing the last three games because of a left knee sprain.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Ernest Jones, Seahawks Jones, 25, underwent minor knee surgery after the season.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knee
Noun
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Tesla becomes a target for the left Tesla was once the darling of the left.—
TIME,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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An exquisitely original writer, an activist who stood against the dictatorship and a critic of the traditional left’s homophobia, Lemebel played with drag and the gender binary.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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For all of the attention on his talent acquisition — and Preller is a staunch believer that star players are the difference — the Padres’ president of baseball operations for years butted heads with managers over the amount of teaching that went on.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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DeSantis and Trump appear poised to also butt heads in the upcoming 2026 Florida gubernatorial race.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At right, Lira talks to a delivery worker while sweeping the entrance during the first of his double-shift at Chapter One.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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How that happened is up for debate, with competing stories and narratives fighting for the right to be considered the truth.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The food deal market is bumping after PepsiCo gobbled up yet another better-for-you brand with this week’s Poppi acquisition for a total of $1.95 billion.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps a pack of coyotes push through and bump them from one farm to another.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Excavations in South Ayrshire also unearthed ruins of another 2,600-year-old roundhouse and 3,500-year-old pottery, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait.—
T. M. Brown,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The annual SharonFest, kicking off July 28, is a party with a purpose.—
Jennie Key,
Cincinnati.com,
20 July 2017
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Indianapolis kicks off its four-game preseason schedule on Aug. 13 against the Detroit Lions.—
Mark Inabinett,
AL.com,
18 July 2017
Noun
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In retrospect, this was the height (or perhaps the nadir) of a kind of purity-test politics that was making some swing voters, including Rogan, feel less at home in the Democratic coalition.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The former Met and Guardian has a 5.32 ERA over the last four seasons, but he’s shown swing and miss stuff this spring after tweaking his mechanics and boosting his velocity over the winter.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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It is used to hunt and paralyze fish and worms before the cone snail consumes them, however, humans can also be jabbed by stepping or picking it up.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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O'Brien kept the jokes flowing during his opening monologue, lightly jabbing at A-list celebrities and their films while also reminding audiences what the Oscars are really about.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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